Gemstones - Neon Apatite

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Neon Apatite - Large, Mostly Eye Clean and Well Cut......

It is rare to find eye clean Neon Apatite in sizes over a few carats. Back in about 1995, the owner of All That Glitters found a few large pieces of rough. The rough was from Madagascar and these few pieces were studied to determine the estimated yield, inclusions, etc. Only 3 pieces of rough were purchased and these pieces produced a 4.95ct Square, an 11.33ct piece and a monstrous museum piece weighing 20+ct . These three apatites were borrowed by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) to be photographed for a future article on this material. The 20+ct piece was featured in the introduction of the All That Glitters TV Show - The World of Gemstones, in 1996. We have not seen this material in the rough nor have we seen faceted pieces of decent size, color or clarity for several years. In fact, in speaking to a cutter recently, he indicated that he had never seen clean/large rough that would faceted more than about a 2ct stone!!

Almost a 13ct ct Neon Apatite!!

This Neon Blue Apatite hails from the same country that produced our previous neon Apatites, including the ones that were photographed by GIA for a future article.   This particular gem was faceted from a piece of rough that appeared in JCK magazine.  (The piece of rough is the largest in the photo, and appears far more green in the photo than in person.) <  JCK Apatite Article  > The All That Glitters Neon Apatites have received much press because of their size, color and clarity.  This one falls into that category too, but it was also faceted by our Master Facetor.  Each facet meets perfectly. The future owner could enter this piece into one of the annual cutting competitions. The color of this gemstone is diffrernt from the other simiilar gemstones we have faceted.  This is not a true blue, but more of  a bluish green or deep teal.   12.90ct Unique Deep Bluish Green Apaptite faceted by our Master Cutter   17.38x12.03x9.20mm (mj3inc-04-02a)  $2,580

5.48ct U.S. Cut Neony Green Blue Apatite A few inclusions are present, but not readily eye visible.    (mj3inc-04-03a)  $959

11.33ct Neon Apatite  - U.S. Cut!
The color of this piece is a deep neon blue with a hint of green (to the discerning eye).   There is nothing else in this color, size, cutting, clarity on the market - this is another One of a Kind, All That Glitters Exclusive.    16.4x10.0x8.2mm  (mjthre-97-01b)  $2,266

21ct+ Neon Madagascar Apatite
This unique stone was featured in our introduction to The World of Gemstones TV show.  The color and sparkle showed up much better in the intro than it does in this scanned image.  For those interested, we have copies of the TV program and would be willing to send a copy for your viewing. This material is seldom found clean over a carat.  The material is frequently seen as melee, small stones used as accents.  To have a stone over a few carats and essentially eye clean is unusual, and to have one of this neon blue, reminiscent of Paraiba Tourmaline, clean for this type of stone, not to mention the size - this is just a piece destined for a museum.  We have two smaller pieces and again, well worth mentioning.  One is photographed and on this page, the other is approximately 12ct and can be seen in our inventory list.  We happened to find some rarely discovered large pieces that allowed us to facet this exceptionally large gemstones - all we faceted in the United States by our master gemstone cutters! The price of this piece is $4,122.  SOLD!

All That Glitter's Neon Apatites that will be featured in a future article in Gems and Gemology Magazine (GIA).

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